Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,490,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) mast?
Crystal Palace transmitter - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Crystal Palace transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Crystal Palace transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 11km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Charlton Athletic | Transposer | Redeveloped north stand Charlton Athletic Football Club | 130 homes |
| Deptford | Transposer | south-east London | 100 homes |
| Greenford | Transposer | 12 km N Heathrow Airport | 203 homes |
| Hendon | Transposer | Graham Park estate | 50 homes |
| White City | Transposer | 9 km W central London | 80 homes |
How will the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LW | ||||||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | -BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C33 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | com7 | |||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200kW | |
| com7 | (-13.7dB) 43.1kW | |
| com8 | (-14dB) 39.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LW | (-17dB) 20kW |
Local transmitter maps
Crystal Palace Freeview Crystal Palace DAB Crystal Palace AM/FM Crystal Palace TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 16 January 2012
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Tim8:31 PM
In response to AD.....I too have had signal issues since Saturday on the Mux 2 (ITV etc) from the Crystal Palace transmitter. I have a varying signal strength. Hopefully as previously mentioned here, it is the inversion effect, althouth I feel this is a pretty poor excuse! Can't wait for 18th April when we finally switch in the London region and the digital signal is boosted.
All of the transmitter engineering listed on this site mentions BBC and not ITV so it must be the atmospherics.
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
AD: Yes, as per the Transmitter engineering messages...
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Rob8:10 AM
Hatfield
Once again no commercial channels 16/01/12 1800+ hours. post code AL10 8SB. Continually get interuption to sound and picture from trafic, central heating etc. Is this what we can expect from wonderful digital TV?
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Rob's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rob: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice to fix your fault.
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Neil10:19 AM
Hello - this is an update to my query raised Sunday 8 January 2012 8:09PM.
I finally found the time to check all cables & connections and found a loose connection from the signal booster. Once this was sorted then the digital pictures were visible once more.
My thanks to those that replied!
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Mark Fletcher4:46 PM
Halifax
Tim.Yes it is atmospherics/inversion effect that is causing yer difficulties,and yes once Crystal Palace goes fully digital on Wednesday 18 April 2012 yer problems will hopefully disappear,more so after Wednesday 27 June 2012 (Wed 13 June 2012 Heathfield mast) when Bluebell Hill,Dover masts go fully digital as well as Sudbury's restrictions on the COM mux's are lifted (going fully powered).
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Mark Fletcher4:50 PM
Halifax
I apologise for the slightly extra postings on the above due to a sudden connection failure on the internet a few moments earlier.Apologies all round.
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Mark Fletcher10:41 PM
Halifax
To the many viewers receiving horizontally polarised transmissions from the Crystal Palace mast who suffer from inversion/atmospherics,i may have finally uncovered what causes the lower powered pre-digital signals on multiplex 2 (Mux 2) on frequency 22 especially to pixellate,break up and disappear into "No signal mode".It is possibly due to the higher powered post-digitally switched 150kw BBCA multiplex signal from the Belmont transmitter also on frequency 22 to swamp the lower powered Mux 2 signals (fr 22) on Crystal Palace mast.That is my possible conclusion.
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
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Tim7:56 PM
Low and behold as someone previously stated with the weather around the London area...the ITV Mux returned to normal yesterday and is fine again today.
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Mark Fletcher3:41 PM
Halifax
Tim.I'm pleased that your reception has improved since Tuesday (17 Jan 2012),as low pressure swept in later that same day,which forced out the recent high pressure over your location causing all the problem with atmospherics/inversion.
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